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My first school dance
was coming up,

and for some reason,
Steve was more excited
about it than I was.

Lunt, honest opinion.

I think it's creepy
that you're chaperoning

an eighth grade dance
when you're not even
a parent.

Yeah, but Emmy is.

She's excited that Puddle
has a new boyfriend.

I was asking how my crotch
is hanging in this tux.

It's called your inseam,

and it's not supposed to hang
higher than your goodies.

Well, you'd better
let it out,

'cause I might be
doing some splits.

Wait, so does
Emmy know that

you're crashing
Puddle's dance
with her?

No, I didn't want
to ruin the surprise.

Why is your name
on the chaperon
list?

Surprise! I thought
it would be nice
for us

to finally go to
a dance together.

Oh, I see.
That's what
this is about.

Steve, when are
you gonna learn?

There are no
do-overs in life.

See, Puddle,
this is actually
a funny story.

Steve was supposed
to take me
to my Fall Formal

when I was your age,

but his father didn't
want him to because
we weren't rich.

So he caved in like a cheap
chocolate Easter bunny.

Well, she's actually
not telling it funny,

and Easter bunnies
are solid chocolate.

All I wanted you
to do was to take
me to the formal

and slow dance with me
to More Than Words
by Extreme,

but I never
got to, because...

What was I
supposed to do,
tell my father off?

He would have just said
what he always said.

Oh, I don't have
time for this.

That's it,
that's what he said.

Stop it,
both of you!

Look, I didn't want
to tell you guys,

but Lane
broke up with me.

What? Honey,
I'm so sorry.

What happened?

It was just like
you two.

His dad didn't want him
to go to the dance with me,

because I'm not rich.

So just forget about
chaperoning, okay?

It's embarrassing enough
having to go by myself.

Boy, do I know exactly
how she feels.

Well, it's easier
to criticize me now.

I mean,
I was the cowardly
Tin Man, right?

But you're the one
who should have had
the straw

to give me the courage
to stand up to my father,

back when we were in Toto.

Oh, and once again,
I'm chasing the man
with a pair of pants.

Steven!

Do you think
he's right, Migo?

Should I have pushed him
to stand up to his father?

I think the important
thing to remember is

this isn't about
you and Steve.

It's about Puddle
and that boy, Lane.

Smart, smart, Migo.

Puddle's too young,
and Lane doesn't have

someone like me
in his life.

Maybe it's time
he gets a little me.

Or perhaps it is
about you after all.

Steve certainly
thought it was about him.

And even though he didn't
stand up to his own father,

he decided to try a do-over
by standing up for me

to the father of my boyfriend.

I'm not sure you
should confront
Lane's father.

You barely
know him, and...

No, no, no, no.

Men like Dan Thorngood
are all the same.
Cold and distant.

Never once saying,
"Thank you, Son."

Or, "Job well done, Son."

Or, "Nice tan.
Were you outside
today, Son?"

Well, I was outside
today, you bastard.

I was outside from
noon until 4:15.

Yeah, Steve.

You ever know any
father figures
like that?

How about
my father, Migo?

But this guy's
not my father.

I'm gonna go over there
and I'm gonna
tell Dan Thorngood,

"You can't stand
in the way of love."

And then, bam!

I'm gonna tell him
that I'm gonna have his
club membership revoked

if he doesn't let me go
to the dance with Emmy.

Let his son go
to the dance
with Puddle.

Exactly.

And just let him
try to tell me,

"I don't have
time for this."

Because I don't
have time for

"I don't have
time for this."

Not this time, Dad.

I don't have time for this.

My mom,
meanwhile was having
a do-over of her own,

by pushing Lane
to stand up to his dad.

Hey there, Lane.

Come here.

Funny running
into you out here.

I just ran out of gas.

Think you could wait
with me for a bit?

It's a Volt.

Even when they
run out of gas,

they can run on
supplemental electric
energy for at least...

Yeah, life makes a lot
of promises, doesn't it?

Come on over here,
I don't bite.

I'm glad we ran
into each other
like this, Lane.

I've got something
on my mind,

and Puddle would
absolutely kill me

if she knew
I were here
doing this.

Well, then maybe
you shouldn't do it,
Ms. Kadubic.

Well, Lane,
the thing is,
I missed out on a guy

just like you
when I was 15.

Because somebody
didn't think we
belonged together.

Because they thought
we were "different"
from one another,

whatever that means.

And I would hate
for you to regret

missing out on
a really special girl,

who I know thinks
the world of you.

Your gas gauge says
you have a full tank.

Huh.

Oh. Oh!

Straight home,
I'll be in touch!

What a great kid.

As my, well,
ex-boyfriend raced away
from my mother,

Steve went to
confront Lane's father,

whether the man had
time for this or not.

Come in.
Sit down, please.

Well, I'm Steven...
Yes, you're Steve Wilde.

You're Puddle Kadubic's
father figure, I know.

What can I do for you?
I'm in the middle of
some important business

with one of the many
private armies I run.

Oh, well, I uh...

Hey, come on,
don't look
right at them.

Just please,
ignore the guerillas.

Well, Dan.

I also came to tell you
something very important.

And so Steve
finally had a chance
to tell this father

what he wished he could
have told his own.

You see, Dan, I believe
in speaking my mind,

especially when
it comes to love,

because you can't
stand in the way of love.

I don't have
time for this.

Okay.

Steve was
a little shell-shocked

after his first encounter
with Lane's dad.

Wow, I can't imagine
growing up with such
an overbearing father.

Yes, I can.

But still, I feel
sorry for the kid.

Well, you know what they
say about unhappy children.

Of course I do.

The only unhappy child...

Is the one
whose brother...

Strays too far from the...

Miller's grasp.

Yes. Isn't that
what happened to you?

The moment you
sit down with that man,
he emasculates you.

Oh, Fa'ad, it takes
a lot to emasculate me.

I didn't even cry
during my last Brazilian.

Nonetheless, you ran away,
and now you have a problem.

So perhaps I should talk
to the boy's father.

I do do quite
an intimidating

New York thug
character.

Oh, not this again.

Yes, I developed him
for a film I funded
and produced

called Gangs of Gangstas.

Detective McNally
says hi.

I hate you, Mickey.
I hate you so much.

I love you, Mickey.
I love you so much.

Oh, it was
the most visceral
experience of my life.

But, of course,
I did have the world's
best acting teacher.

Alan Alda?
Yes!

He taught me how
to do a New York
tough-guy accent.

And I got him for
the end of M.A.S.H. rates.

Still, the film doesn't
really seem like his genre.

Well, he did
walk off the project,

but I think it was more
out of envy than spite.

Now, I don't know
if your bad acting

is the answer
to my problems.

No, I need to
show Thorngood
the same fortitude

that the character, Junior
had in my one-man play
by the same name.

You know what, Daddy?

This love ain't yours.

No, it be ours.

Well, and this love,
we're right here.

And it's so
fragile and rare.

Ain't nobody
can stop it.

Not you, not anyone,
not even your damn God.

Bravo!

No, I don't want
to hear a word!

Dearest...
No, you can
keep going.

Oh.
That's the character.
You do it.

Oh, yeah, bravo.

Needless to say,
the audience
was speechless.

They were
also mostly black.

Ah,
I didn't like it.

Did your father
enjoy it?

He never made any
of the performances.

Not even the special
father-son matinee.

So, you've never felt that
paternal kiss of approval.

No, dads don't do that.

Oh yes, they do,
yes. I can still
remember mine,

the tickle
of his moustache,

and his breath,
reeking of lamb.

Yeah, I never got that.

Still, this Dan
guy's not my dad.

He's just some guy
who's bullying his son
into hurting our Puddle.

No, I may have
chickened out,
but I'm gonna go back,

and I'm going to get
this guy kicked out
of that

country club for reals,
if he doesn't back down.

And perhaps
New York Mickey

will make an appearance
when you least expect it.

Oh, I think
we're good.

And so Steve
once again gathered
his courage

and headed to
the country club
to confront Lane's dad.

Listen, I didn't
say everything

I wanted to say to you
when I visited you
in your office, today.

Maybe it was out
of respect for you,

because I've seen
you here at the club
many times,

maybe I just felt
self-conscious
about those guerillas.

Because my message
is one of love,

and sometimes I feel
that's lost on guerillas.

Yes, they are
a blunt instrument.

Although they will
surprise you
around the holidays

with an e-card,
or a little
basket of something.

Yeah, I don't really
know anything about that.

My point is, I cared
about someone once,

but because my father
didn't approve,

I let that
love slip away.

And now I'm not sure
I'm ever going
to get it back.

I can't let that
happen again.

Don't you understand?

Just as sure
as that wind

gonna whip through them
willow trees...

I'm gonna stop
you right there.

Are you sure?
I'm like two lines
away from the act break.

Boy, you have got
guts, haven't you?

You walk in here,
into my club,
you barely know me.

And you say stuff
like that to me?

No, you're not
my father,
you're just...

I am very impressed
with you, young man.

What's this, now?

And that's when Steve
heard something he'd never
heard from his real father.

I like you, son.

Thank you for having
the courage to come out

and say these
things to me.

I wasn't even
really finished

saying all
the things I...

You know, I used to
think that you were

just some creepy
guy at the club

whose parents had
buckets of money.

But after you came
to see me today,

I couldn't
stop thinking,

"Wow! That Steve Wilde,
he's something else."

I mean, wow!

Wow, wow, wow.
Uh-huh.

My goodness,
Steve Wilde.

Charlie Redpants.

I thought they banned
you from coming here

after you drank
all those gimlets

and dry-humped
the Regatta Trophy.

Charlie,
you mess with him,

and you're messing
with me and about
400 armed madmen.

Uh, I'm sorry, Dan.
That's right, Charlie.

Even New York Mickey
was scared by that.

You and I really
should play
tennis sometime.

Oh, I doubt you have
the time for that.

Oh, of course I do.

You, me,
here at the club.
It would be fun.

I would love that.

As Steve abandoned
his plan to stand up for me
to Dan,

my mom was across
the way at the club,

still working on her plan
by going after his son.

Look, Emmy, I only
have a couple
of minutes,

then you really
have to leave.
You shouldn't be here.

Okay, okay, Lane.

You don't think of me
as low class, do you, Lane?

I mean, you wouldn't
be ashamed to go
to dinner with me,

even though I'm not
rich, would you?

Not at all.

You're smart and pretty

Oh.
and you're not even
that much taller than me.

You know what?
You are very mature
for your age.

Do you know that?

That's my dad.
You really have to go.

Meet me after school
tomorrow, okay?

Perfect.

Oh, and, Lane,

I do think you're
of the age now

where maybe some
light lip kissing

wouldn't be out
of the question.

I was just thinking
the same thing.

My mom didn't
realize the effect she had
on men of any age,

because Lane thought
my mom was his new girlfriend.

Hello, son.
How was your day?

Good, uh...

Hey, listen, I can't
play tennis tomorrow.
I have a date.

Well, I guess you're
getting to the age

where you discover
that part of your life.

I guess I'm at
that age, too.

And Dan, sort of,
thought the same thing
about Steve.

See, I met someone.

And I think this
might be the one.

Steve was getting ready
to play tennis with a man

who thought they were dating.

There, you're done.

Go have fun with Dan.

What's gotten
into you?

Oh, I'm sorry, Steve.
I'm just a little
jealous, is all.

I feel I'm competing
with this guy to be
your father figure.

Oh, Lunt, you
rotting old puff.
Don't be silly.

You're my
mother figure.

And at the same time,
my mother was getting
ready for a picnic

with a boy who thought
they were dating.

Oh! Hey.
Where are you going?
Hey!

He's playing tennis
with Mr. Thorngood.

Lunt, you gossipy
old fishwife.

If you must know,
I'm trying to show Dan

that he shouldn't
get in the way of two
people being together.

So before
you judge me,

just know that I'm
doing it for Puddle.

Hey, Emmy, you left
the picnic basket

that you packed
for you and Lane
by the stairs.

Migo, you chatty Cathy!

I just thought
I would push him to
stand up for himself.

And I'm doing it
for Puddle, too.

Hey, what are
you guys doing?

Uh, nothing.

Just going to the park...
Just going on a picnic.

To play tennis
for Americana Day.

Sounds like fun.
I want to go.

It's really
an adult thing.
You have to be 54 inches.

It's kind of in
the town charter...
It's sort of a business...

Along with
burning witches.

Yeah!
They were a lot of help.

Anyway, my mom
tried again with Lane.

Only this time,
she was more direct.

There's a dance
tomorrow,

and I think
we both know a girl

who would very much
like to go with you.

Emmy Kadubic,
you are going to
be the end of me.

Except, if you're
going to be direct,

don't you think you should
use someone's name?

But, hey, at least she tried.

Steve pretty much abandoned
any effort of getting me
to the dance.

He was just happy to have
a father approve of him.

Whoa! Is this yours?

Yep, '66 Corvette.

God, my dad
used to have
this car.

He never even
trusted me enough
to let me touch it.

Well,
she looks better
when she's clean.

Well... We could
give her a wash.

Oh, my God.

Steve Wilde, you are
gonna wear me out.

Of course, he didn't
really know how to wash a car.

And he sent a really weird
message to Dan by trying.

One that went on for a while.

Like, really a long while.

Longer than you'd imagine.

Even though he really
wanted to impress
his father figure,

it was still pretty weird.

I guess Steve also never
played water tag
with his dad either.

But do people even do that?

You know, when I told
Steve to work on
his father issues,

this is not
what I meant.

Maybe I should
go down there
and get him to stop.

Don't you do
a thing.

And then my mom and Steve
ran into each other.

Get this, feeling great
about themselves.

Guess what
brilliant woman
was able to

complete her mission
and get Lane back
together with Puddle?

This one.

I was able to convince
Lane he shouldn't care

what his father thinks,
and that he should

go to the dance
with whoever he wants.

Oh, well, I'm sorry,
it was all for naught.

'Cause not only was I
able to convince Dan
that it's okay

for Puddle and Lane
to go to the dance
together,

I convinced him
to come with me

so he could be
there in person

to tell Lane
how he feels.

I will believe that
when I see it.

Well, then maybe you
should come to the dance
tomorrow night.

And so my mom
finally got the invitation
Oh.

Steve's father had once
kept her from getting.

Are you asking me?

Well, I don't know how
Dan would feel about that.

I mean, he's picking
me up at...

Never mind.

Lunt, unlock
my junior high school
dancewear closet!

And finally, it was
the night of the big dance.

I know one girl
you're gonna make

very, very happy
tonight, Lane.

And maybe even kiss.

Maybe.

And all the
hot couples were showing up.

Oh, I tell you, Steve,
for the first time
in my life,

I don't care what
any of these people
think about me.

I am not gonna be
judged by anyone
anymore.

Good for you.

Oh, don't look now.
There's that
cute Regatta Trophy

I once dated.

Ooh, awkward.

Oh, Steve Wilde,
you're gonna
be the death of me.

Well, I hope you don't
go dying any time...

Huh, so this is what
a father's kiss feels like.

But Steve still
didn't get what Dan meant.

Yup,
there's the tickle
of that moustache.

I really enjoyed that.

Hey, let's hope
not too much, huh?

There are the kids!

Hey there!

Hi, Emmy.

Hi.

Wow, you look great.

Thank you, Steve.

This is my...
Um, what are we, Dan?

Well I'm sorry, Steve.
I'm old fashioned.
Uh, we're friends.

Well, it's nice
to meet you, Dan.

I think your son
has something
to say to you.

Lane.

Dad, I...

Dad, I've been
really nervous about
bringing this up,

but, uh, I would
never judge you
for who you date.

Really?

And I hope you would
never judge me
for who I date.

Oh, of course
he wouldn't.

You're right, Son.
Everybody should date

and dance with
whomever they want.

Thanks, Dad.
Mmm-hmm.

There's Puddle.

I guess
it's now or never.

You know, I...
Whoa!

Oh, boy, I think
this song is for
the kids, Dan.

Oh, you let them
try to stop us.

I don't think anybody's
gonna try to stop us,

but I do think
it's for the kids.

Shh.

Oh.

Look, Puddle. I just
wanted to tell you
something

in front of your mom.

Yeah, why is
my mom here?

Go ahead.

I'm breaking up with you.

Emmy and I are in love,
and we want to be
together.

What? What?
What? What?

- What?
- What?

Lane, what are
you talking about?
We're not dating.

We're not?
No, no, no, no.

I was just trying to
get you to stand up
to your dad

so you could get back
together with Puddle.

Oh, God.
We never broke up.

I only told you
that Lane dumped me

so that you and Steve
wouldn't embarrass me
at the dance.

Wouldn't embarrass me.

Well, this is
what happens when
you lie, Puddle.

Yeah, so this
is my fault.

I wonder what
they're talking about.

Oh, who cares?

Let's not do anything
to ruin this moment, Steve.

But Steve's
romantic moment was
about to be ruined too.

Oh, no.

Even though he didn't
know he was having one.

Fa'ad, listen, it's fine.

Because Fa'ad was
about to launch

into the tough-guy
New York accent

that Alan Alda
had trained him for.

I'll tell you who I am,
you big meanie.
I'm with Steve,

and I pose a significant
danger to you, my friend.

Rather significant.

I should have known
it was too good
to be true.

You're Steve's boyfriend.
I have been so blind.

Steve's boyfriend?
Steve's boyfriend?

Well, that's
ludicrous.

It's a preposterous
hypothesis.

My boyfriend?

What do you mean,
"Too good to be true"?
I mean...

My message
is one of love.

We can't stand
in the way of love.

I like you, son.

I couldn't stop thinking,
"Wow, that Steve Wilde.

"Wow, he is something else."

Everybody should date
and dance with whomever
they want.

Well, I'm sorry, Steve,
I'm old-fashioned.
We're friends.

You and I should really
play tennis sometime.

Especially when it comes to love.

I really enjoyed that.

You thought
we were dating?

Yes.

Oh, you scoundrel.

Dan, don't be
like that, come on.

You keep away from me,
with your false kisses!

Come on, Lane,
we're leaving.

You kissed him?

He...
Dan, please.

This is absolute nonsense.

Puddle, I am so sorry,
I didn't know
that he would...

I was just
trying to help.
Can you ever forgive me?

Excuse me, Puddle?

I was wondering
if you'd like to dance.

Sure.

I forgive you.

I mean, I know I look
fickle, but Lane's a boy.

Brad's a tween.

So, what happened
with Dan?

Well, we broke up.

I didn't even really
know that we were...

We broke up.

What about
you and Lane?

He dumped me.

Well, I actually did know
that he sort of liked...

But, yes, he dumped me.

Can't believe I made
a 12-year-old
fall in love with me.

Wouldn't be
the first time.

Guess he and I both
go for older women.

Thank you.

I'm only kidding.
You know that
I like younger women.

This is
More Than Words?

Yeah, I slipped
the DJ a G-note.

I don't know,
I thought
that maybe

we could finally
get that dance,
but...

Well, I guess since
they're already
playing it and everything...

Really?

Yeah.

So my mom
and Steve were finally

going to get what
they'd both been
wanting for 20 years.

To dance together
at the Fall Formal.

Are you
kidding me?

Well, I suppose
they can have another
do-over next year.